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The race for AI talent has reached new heights with leading companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta now offering internships with six-figure compensation packages. According to recent reports, these coveted positions can pay between $100,000 to $175,000 on an annualized basis, reflecting the fierce competition for skilled AI researchers and engineers even at the entry level. OpenAI’s residency program stands out with potential compensation reaching $175,000 annually, while Anthropic’s research fellowship offers up to $150,000 - staggering figures that exceed many experienced professionals’ salaries in other industries.

The backbone of artificial intelligence development is facing a critical issue that threatens the quality of AI systems worldwide. According to a recent Business Insider investigation, data labelers—the workers who annotate and classify information that trains AI models—are being paid as little as $2 per hour despite their essential role in creating functional AI systems. This stark wage disparity exists even as companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google pour billions into AI development, highlighting a troubling disconnect between the value these workers provide and their compensation.

Former Tesla AI director and OpenAI founding member Andrej Karpathy has coined a new term that’s taking the tech world by storm: ‘vibecoding.’ This revolutionary approach to programming could fundamentally transform how software is created by 2025, with developers simply describing what they want their code to do rather than writing it line by line. Karpathy’s prediction highlights how rapidly AI is evolving from a tool that assists programmers to one that could potentially replace traditional coding methods entirely.

OpenAI has rolled out ‘ChatGPT Wrapped,’ a year-end feature that lets users see personalized statistics about their ChatGPT usage throughout 2023. Similar to Spotify’s popular annual recap, this feature provides insights into how many conversations you’ve had with the AI assistant, your most active months, and even categorizes your chat topics. To access your ChatGPT Wrapped, users simply need to log into their ChatGPT account and look for the ‘Your 2023 Recap’ option in the bottom-left corner of the interface, available on both desktop and mobile versions.

Mercedes-Benz is making waves in the electric vehicle market with its upcoming 2025 CLA, positioning itself as a serious competitor to the Tesla Model 3. The German automaker’s new electric sedan promises to deliver an impressive 466-mile range on a single charge, potentially outperforming Tesla’s popular model. With Mercedes’ reputation for luxury and craftsmanship, this new entry could reshape consumer expectations in the increasingly competitive EV market.

In a concerning revelation, US technology companies are inadvertently fueling China’s extensive surveillance operations in Tibet and Nepal. An Associated Press investigation has uncovered that American tech giants, including Intel and Seagate, are providing essential components for systems used to monitor Tibetan communities and track potential dissidents. This raises serious questions about Silicon Valley’s role in enabling human rights violations through their global supply chains, despite export restrictions designed to prevent such scenarios.